On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Isaiah Harrison wrote: > At 04:23 PM 8/20/2003 -0500, you wrote: > >Well, the Wright County Historical & Genealogical Society is a Friend of the > >MOGenWeb Project, specifically the Wright County division thereof. > > > >So, since it is incorporated non-profit and since the information on the > >site is FREE access, I fail to see any difference in WCHS soliciting > >"donations" and "Friends of IAGenWeb" soliciting funds. FOIAGW is going at > >it the "right way?" If I've read correctly, they are "in the process" of > >getting their non-profit status established. > > > >Shucks! WCH&GS already has been able to accept gifts and give receipts for > >contributions (thus making them tax deductible) because of its doing things > >THE RIGHT WAY! Nothing was accepted until ALL the legal work was done. > >Seems to me that is MORE RIGHT! > > > >And, no money has ever been accepted because of the information on the > >website because of a promise given to Megan Z. who was NC of the Project and > >SC of MO at the time I was given the site. Now, it appears that there's a > >new Sheriff in town and the laws seem to have changed. > > > >If what Friends of IAGenWeb is doing and is planning on doing is okay bylaws > >wise......as we have been told......then, what's fair for one is fair for > >all. > > > >So, let the Free For All begin! > > > >Phyllis > > What IAGenWeb is doing is hardly a free for all. We have a logo/link on > most of our pages that says: "Space for the IAGenWeb Pages is provided by > Friend of IAGenWeb. Thanks." The link goes to the Friends of IAGenWeb > pages. If people choose to click on the link, they are given the > opportunity to find out about the Friends and to make a donation if they > want to. > > It is very low key. In fact, the plans of Friends are to secure corporate > sponsorship once we have our not-for-profit status. The links are there > primarily for the information they provide. It is far to passive an > approach for effective fund-raising. Gee, maybe we should try "Pledge > Weeks." ;=} > > -Isaiah > Corporate sponsorship? Isn't that what Rootsweb tried before they finally sold out? I really hate to see the project headed in this direction. David David W. Morgan dmorgan@efn.org Honolulu Hawaii SC - TXGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~txgenweb/ FM - http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/txfiles.htm ** http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dmorgan/